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There are many, many more people struggling with addiction today, and our imperative is to help them stay alive, and put this dependence in the rear-view mirror, where they can live with freedom of addiction. this money helps to provide that opportunity. >> you know, people saying theres turning points in tobacco addiction, things like that. is this big enough and influential enough to be a turning point? we sort of thought we were almost at a turning point a couple years ago, but is this signif...

State employees from doing so. where do you fall here in these mandates, on whether health care workers should have to get a vaccine? >> i especially feel strongly that health care workers should be vaccinated. they have both a moral moral and public health imperative to be vaccinated. and health care settings, we have incredibly vulnerable patients who have weak immune systems and other medical problems, that make them very susceptible to covid 19. these vaccine mandates met, i should say vacci...

>> you know, what we really want to ground this conversation is the millions of voters who went out to vote last year for a comprehensive immigration reform. they know that democrats have control of the house, the senate and the white house. when we think about the 2022 election, those voters will want to see results. we are real clear that there is a moral emergency, there is a political imperative and my life and the lives of millions of documented people and daca recipients like myself is on ...

Will work closely with this investigation of the select committee to look at the recommendations that the committee is able to make, to bolster, to support his officers. >> so this does come, of course, four days away from the first hearing of that house select committee, right, that is investigating january 6th. speaker pelosi sent a letter to democrats saying in part i quote the letter, now our imperative must be to find the truth. we must do so in a way that retains the trust of the american ...

Cdc says no to the mask. other pediatrician groups say 2-year-olds need to wear them in the classroom. is that necessary? >> so i still firmly agree with the cdc if you are fully vaccinated. we know vaccines are highly protected and youre protected. if youre fully vaccinated you should feel safe and not have to wear a mask. that guidance should continue and is correct. in terms of the american academy of pediatrics one thing they said it is imperative for all kids to get back to school in person...

They cant redistrict their way into fixing a u.s. senate election. they cant really throw up as many blocks in a state election. it is imperative, like secretary kath row said, to pass vote rights legislation, to make sure that people who would be swayed by that, can have easy access to the ballot, to the polls come the midterms. >> i want to highlight a column from nicole wallace. she writes, the attack on democracy, spearheaded by the ex-president and enable today be gop, represents the greate...

The midterms. i will say that the part of the perniciousness about the republican plan is to try and make sure that that voter doesnt really have much of a say in the upcoming elections. statewide elections like the one for u.s. senate, its very hard for them to manipulate in the same way as they can manipulate elections in the house and the presidency. its going to be really interesting to see whether that ad campaign and others like it will be effective in affecting these statewide races where...

Who should have the right to vote. >> donna edwards? >> yeah, you know, my thought is i think the presidents speech last week was an important marker but as congresswoman beatty has noted, we need more than speech. we need action. i think continuing this public pressure is going to be really important to moving voting rights forward in the united states senate. for democrats, it is both a moral and political imperative. >> and chairman michael steele? i would assume is still a member of the repu...

Reality of what happened is becoming twisted and warped and whitewashed and -- and the former president continues to lie about things. # it, clearly, is more important and more imperative for the people who were there to pull back the curtain. and as somebody -- a friend just said to me in a text, its kind of unbelievable that we knew how bizarre and scary and dangerous it was because we saw it with our own eyes. but now that were -- were seeing even more that was behind the curtain. its even mo...

Standing in the way of this pandemic getting under control in the united states, and that is garbage on facebook and other social media sites. we have the science, right, we have these incredible vaccines. whats standing in the way is that about a third of americans have chosen not to get it. and i say chosen because they could get it. its there. its near them. its free. and theyre not getting it. and its because of this misinformation. so this new report from surgeon general murthy, lets take a...